Dobermann
"A hectic, hip, head f**k of a movie" - Total Film
Certificate: 18
Running Time: 99 mins
Retail Price: £15.99
Release Date: 25/04/2011
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
Ruthless, cunning and sexy, Dobermann (Vincent Cassel) is a class-A criminal for the 21st Century. Along with his stunning partner Nat the Gypsy (Monica Bellucci) Dobermann leads a crazy gang of bank robbers into a daring daytime bank heist, with some of the most awesomely high-tech weaponry ever seen. Dobermann and his gang are thirsty for action.
Hot on their trail is the sadistic renegade cop Christini (Tcheky Karyo) who will break every rule, legal and moral, to personally dispense with Dobermann. Christini sets a merciless trap for his arch enemy and his gang which culminates in a relentlessly explosive confronation, finally bringing the two evils face to face...
A visually stunning cocktail of gun play, adrenalin-fuelled action, dazzling special effects and a pumping soundtrack featuring The Prodigy, Dobermann is a frenetic assault on your senses.
You have been warned.
Special Features:
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Pro Logic Surround
Subtitle Tracks:
English
Directed By:
Jan Kounen
Written By:
Joël Houssin
Starring:
Antoine Basler
Vincent Cassel
Monica Bellucci
Tchéky Karyo
Soundtrack By:
Schyzomaniac
Director of Photography:
Michel Amathieu
Editor:
Bénédicte Brunet
Production Designer:
Michel Barthelemy
Producer:
Éric Névé
Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela
Distributor:
Second Sight
Your Opinions and Comments
The sound on the disc is excellent, with a great soundtrack to boot.
Unfortunately, the picture, when output to my circa 1995 RCA 36" TV, is slightly squished/stretched. HOWEVER, when I use my old Sharp projector, the picture is output correctly. Don`t know what to make of that. The movie itself is very dark, and if you don`t have your brightness WAY up, you might not be abe to tell what the hell is going on in some scenes. Never having seen the movie in the theater, I canot say whether this is a disc problem or not.
As for the movie, it is a keeper. I had read a lot of reviews about how `over-the-top` this movie was, and surprisingly, it wasn`t as crazy as I`d expected. It spends the first half of the movie dutifully introducing us to all the characters, whereas the 2nd half is mostly awesome action. Dobermann himself is a cool character, sure he robs banks, but he seems far more honorable than the psychotic police chief on his tail. If you haven`t seen it, check it out ASAP.
I give this disc a definite recommendation.
I`d like to add a litle postscript here:
Go to the beginning of Chapter 12 on the disc. It will show you you the glorious scene of the police psycho getting a Sandwich Grec in Paris. I went to school in Paris for 6 months in 1990 and lived in the 16th arrondissement where these sandwiches were cheap and plentiful. They give you a whole gyros/swarma sandwich on a HUGE french bread WITH an entire order of fries IN THE SANDWICH!!!. You can`t get anything like that in the States and God, do I miss `em. It`s at the VERY beginning of chapter 12. YUMMY!